Step 3: Once you have installed the Blizzard launcher, log in with your credentials and select Diablo III from the menu on the left-hand side.

Step 4: On the Diablo III screen, there is a drop-down menu above the "Play" button (note that this may say "Install" if you do not have Diablo III currently installed). Select " Necromancer Beta Test" from this drop-down menu before proceeding.

The option to copy your existing Diablo III characters from your live account to the beta will be available and can be done directly through the beta client.

Step 1: Log into the beta client and create a level 1 character. After you're done, return to the main character screen.

Step 2: Note the “PTR Copy” button at the top right of the Home Screen. (This button will not appear in-game until you have created a new level 1 character.)

Step 3: Select your region.

Step 4: Click "Copy." This will copy all characters on your account from the selected region.

Step 5: You may be disconnected from the beta client.

Step 6: Log back in. Your copied characters will be available for play.

Please note that you can only copy characters from one gameplay region at a time. If you choose to copy characters from a different region, any previously copied beta characters will be lost.

In addition, you can only copy characters over to your beta account once every 24 hours. Attempting to copy characters before this cooldown is up will result in an error.

PTR PATCH 2.6.0 - v2.6.0.45897

Below you'll find the preliminary notes for Patch 2.6.0, including the Necromancer beta. Please note that this isn't the final version and that some changes may not be documented or described in full detail.

Please note that content availability during the beta will vary depending on testing needs.

As a master of the dark arts, you wield the powers of life and death necessary to restore the Balance! Necromancers are powerful spell casters who lay waste to their enemies using curses and reanimation—along with an obedient cadre of pets. This new class employs a controlled gameplay style using the raw materials of life: blood and bone.

Necromancer Skills

Army of the Dead

Base Rune

Raise a massive skeletal army to pummel the targeted location dealing 3,000% 12,000% weapon damage in a 15 yard radius

Frozen Army

Weapon damage increased to 3,600% 12,000% and they attack all enemies in a line

Dead Storm

Raise a storm of the dead that surround you damaging enemies for 2,000% 15,500% weapon damage over 5 seconds

Unconventional Warfare

Damage increased to 50,000% total weapon damage

Catatonic Grasp

Has been renamed to Blighted Grasp

Has been redesigned

Skeletal hands raise from the ground damaging enemies within 15 yards for 14,000% total weapon damage as Poison over 5 seconds

Bone Armor

Harvest of Anguish

Now deals Cold damage instead of Physical

Dislocation

Now deals Poison damage instead of Physical

Limited Immunity

Now begins its cooldown once the immunity effect ends

Bone Prison

Bone Spear, Bone Spikes and Bone Spirit have a 10% 30% chance to trap enemies in a Bone Prison for 3 seconds

Bone Spear

Base Rune

Summon a piercing bone projectile that causes 450% 500% weapon damage to all enemies it passes through

Blood Spear

Bone Spear turns into Blood Spear. Damage is increased to 518% 650% weapon damage at the cost of 10% health.

This skill should now more reliably hit targets, especially moving targets

Bone Spirit

Possession

Bone Spirit will now charm the target for 10 seconds at the cost of 10% 5% health

Command Golem

Ice Golem

Command the Golem to the targeted location where it freezes enemies for 3 seconds and increases their chance to be critically struck by 10% for 10 seconds

Command the Golem to launch an icy blast at the target location, freezing enemies for 3 seconds and increasing their chance to be critically struck by 10% for 10 seconds

Each active Skeleton Mage increases the damage of your minions and Army of the Dead by 200% 250%

Trag’Oul’s Avatar

(2) Set Bonus

Blood Rush gains the effect of every rune

(4) Set Bonus

While at full life, your healing from skills is added to your maximum life for 45 seconds. Up to 100% more.

(6) Set Bonus

Spending 10% life grants you a stack of Blood Cascade up to 50 times. Each stack of Blood Cascade increases the damage of life-spending attacks by 200% and also increases the life you lose by 10%. Using a skill to heal will consume a stack and heal for an additional 300%.

Healing from skills consumes one stack regardless of how many targets are hit

Command Skeletons: Dark Mending and Land of the Dead: Land of Plenty no longer consume stacks or receive increased healing

Your Life-spending attacks deal 3300% increased damage but cost twice as much Life. Your healing from skills is increased by 100%.

Bone Armor also activates a Bone Tornado damaging nearby enemies by 375% 750% weapon damage per second as Physical. Enemies hit by the tornado take 850% 2750% additional damage from the Necromancer’s abilities and minions

The fog-enshrouded Moors and the darkened Temple of the Firstborn can be explored in Adventure Mode through a new waypoint on the Act 2 map.

General

(Beta Only) Made changes to reduce the occurrence of dead ends when floors in Rifts and Greater Rifts use the Temple of the Firstborn map.

Set Dungeons

The user interface has been updated to better explain tier completion requirements.

With this, the basic completion tier must be finished within the given time limit.

The time limit to complete a Set Dungeon has been increased to 5 minutes

Necromancer Set Dungeons have been added to Adventure Mode

Set dungeon monsters are now tracked on the mini-map when the dungeon begins

All Basic Tier monster kill requirements have been lowered

Bounties

Four new Waypoints have appeared in Act IV. Each one has bounties to complete. These Realms of Fate are the unintended consequences of the battle between the nephalem and Diablo in the High Heavens

(PTR Only) Several bounties in the Realms of Fate have had changes to their objectives, along with changes to the order of objective completion and bounty text

Greater Rifts

Players who die in solo Greater Rifts can now choose to immediately resurrect. When choosing this option, the time remaining on your death timer will be removed from the remaining Greater Rift time and your cooldowns will be advanced by the same amount.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue which sometimes prevented players from completing the “Clear the Forgotten Well” bounty